Impact of an education campaign on management in pregnancy of women infected with a blood-borne virus

Abstract

Objective: To assess obstetricians' antenatal screening practice for blood-borne viruses (HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses [HBV and HCV]) and knowledge about management during labour and risk of transmission via breastfeeding for infected women after an educational intervention. Design: Cohort study, with surveys before and after an educational intervention. Setting and participants: Survey 1 was mailed in 2002-200 3 to all 767 Fellows registered with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), and Survey 2 was mailed in 2004 to the 743 of these Fellows who were still practising. Intervention: Multifaceted intervention with mail-out of survey res..